Comedian Rosie O’Donnell reveals exactly why she fled to Ireland with her non-binary child

The comedian told CNN’s The Situation Room that “not a day has gone by that I thought it was the wrong decision”.

Last month, O’Donnell revealed how she and her youngest child Clay (12) moved to Ireland, where her grandparents are from, and she is now in the process of applying for Irish citizenship.

Revealing that she already decided to leave the country if Trump won the presidency, she told CNN: “And although I was not one of the celebrities who announced that that’s what I would do, I made the decision within my family and my therapist should he win.”

She said that both her and her son were “gone before he was inaugurated” and are now both settling into her new life in Ireland.

“We chose Ireland and didn’t really know where to go,” O’Donnell told Us Weekly. “Someone said Dalkey and I found a house online that was in Glengarry. But when the people who were helping us move in went there, there was mold in it.”

She said she couldn’t move there “especially with an autistic child who has some allergy issues”, and so they ended up in Howth, where they stayed in an Airbnb.

Once their time was up there, O’Donnell and Clay officially settled in Dublin and “couldn’t be happier”.

“There’s a great, great school there,” she said while discussing her Hulu documentary special Unleashing Hope: The Power of Service Dogs for Children With Autism.

“And Clay has done very well. And they were really welcoming.

“And I love the little town, the little village. It’s in the heart of Dublin, but it’s still a village where you know the name of the grocer and you know the name of the cashiers. People are unbearably kind in a way that shocks me every single day.”

Although O’Donnell is now focusing on building her life in Ireland, she admitted that it had “been heartbreaking” seeing Trump pay “no mind to any of the laws that the founders stood by”.

“It’s as bad as they promised and even a little bit worse,” she added, “and it’s been heartbreaking and personally very, very sad to watch.”

O’Donnell, whose child was diagnosed with autism at 2-years-old, said Robert F Kennedy Jr who had been ranting about what he calls the autism “epidemic” should resign or be released from his position.

“I think it’s very disrespectful, I think it’s disgraceful and I think he is wholly unqualified to be the head of health and human services,” she said.

She added: “I think most of the cabinet picks that Donald Trump has made are part of his vision of a reality show government and not the most qualified people available, especially Robert Kennedy.”

O’Donnell has been a longtime critic of Donald Trump, who said she was a “woman out of control” after the former talk show host called him out on The View for being the “moral authority” around the 2006 Miss USA’s controversy about underage drinking and substance use.

Trump later called O’Donnell a “true loser” after she announced her engagement to Michelle Rounds in 2011 and in March, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s boyfriend, who works for Real America’s Voice, had asked Micheál Martin during his White House visit why he let the comedian into Ireland.

When Martin appeared to be unfamiliar with O’Donnell, the president assured him that he was “better off not knowing her.”

When Us Weekly brought up the fact that Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi also relocated to the English countryside last year, O’Donnell said she was “shocked” by DeGeneres’ decision to leave the U.S.

“I’ve never really known Ellen to say anything political in her life, so I was surprised to read that she left because of President Trump.

“Like, that shocked me, actually,” O’Donnell told Us. “I’ve been a political person my whole life, not better or worse, it’s just a different way to be in the world.

“I was very clear about the reason why I was leaving, and I don’t think it came as a surprise to anyone. We’re not really in each other’s worlds, and it’s been kind of awkward but you know what? I wish her the best. I wish that she has peace and love in her life and that she is OK.”